Metal School - Ratt
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Unfortunately, TH-cam made me cut this one to pieces, so I apologize for any weird edits. I figured I'd try to salvage what I could. Still a fun video though and a good reminder to listen to some Ratt!
As one of the big LA metal bands along with Quiet Riot and Motley Crue, Ratt had a run of four platinum albums in the '80s, before succumbing to pretty much every '80s metal cliche out there. But this video is mainly about the music, the albums, and the videos (as much as possible anyway) and taking a look at a band that is absolutely more than the sum of its parts. With the main lineup of Stephen Pearcy, Robbin Crosby, Warren DeMartini, Juan Croucier, and Bobby Blotzer, Ratt would reach international headliner status and crank out more great songs than you might expect or remember. Check it out and let me know what your favorite Ratt tracks are!
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Not many hair Metal bands still get my eartime, especially with so much heavier stuff out there, but Dokken & Ratt always will. Thanks for highlighting DeMartini’s amazing talent!
I seen Dokken 12 time I seen Ratt once Bobby was only cool one to fans in 90s
Same these are my two top
Warren DeMartini's guitar sound was so iconic for 80's metal
Fun Fact:
Warren recorded many of his solos on both Out of The Cellar and Invasion of Your Privacy with a tiny silver-face Fender Champ Amp! You can hear the little thing buzzing around on the floor of the isolation booth on his solo on The Morning After! Check it out!
Guitar God
Rob ..... sorry ( Robbin and warren) They both were iconic guitar duo of the 80's and their guitar sound was so iconic too.
@@shamifasahat992 The American terror twins, if you will
@@shamifasahat992 very true but Warren proved to have it in his blood. Robbin fell off after he caught the bug. Which is understandable.
The guitar solo from the beginning of "Lay it down" is straight up iconic ".. 🤘 Dam those were the days! The Drive in', good friends, cute rocker dudes, lot's of beer, and Ratt... 💪🏻🤘❤️
Warrens tone was just a humbucker strat through a marshall and a chorus pedal....nothing mysterious. Its his PLAYING that kicks ass !
and a slapback delay through the board
Younger fans will never understand how HUGE Ratt was during their prime.
I understand completely... but hey I’m a gen y - melenial stuck in the body of a gen z, so I won’t complain I was brought up on Queen, CCR and The Who so I was already predisposed to liking these competently written masterpieces.
Teach them
I hated glam rock back in the 80's. Now I can appreciate it for the musical masterpieces they are. Especially given the new digital age where most pop artist are no longer needing talent more so than a pretty face and autotune.
I’m 23 and I fuckin love this band there way better then Guns N’ Roses
@@isaisanchez3038 your parents taught you well! 🤘🏽☠️🤘🏽
Ratt is one of those bands where going through the entire history is warranted. For reasons I don't quite understand, normies only seem to listen to the two first records, but their entire output with Robbin as well as the Infestation record is well worth owning for any classic hard rock or heavy metal fan.
Totally agree! I hadn’t revisited Reach for the Sky or Detonator in a while and they held up better than I’d remembered.
Agreed, I’m a fan of pretty much everything they’ve put out.
I have 3 rock tees. The Cars. ZZ Top. And RATT.
@Lungho To me there are two modifiers to this. I don't think that the metal aspect of Ratt ever receded entirely, but rather that it was complemented by a bluesier approach over time. Way Cool Jr. wouldn't have worked on one of the first two albums, but it works like a charm on Reach for the Sky. As far as Detonator goes, it is very different from the other ones, and I can see people not liking that style, but for what it is I think it is a great album, and it might actually be the one I reach for the most these days. Warren's tone on the album, I can say without doubt, is one of my all-time favourites, equalled in that era only by George Lynch on Wicked Sensation.
@@kospandx Yep, and Oni Logan is a great vocalist... that and Street Fighting man are killer tracks. And I gotta this theory that “Way Cool Jr.” might be about Robbin, but I could just as easily been about Torch so....
Warren is one of my favorite guitar players along with george lynch. Robbin is awesome too, so much musical talent in the 80s especially on the guitar. When the harmony kicks in on round and round its still one of the best solos/harmony guitar solos ever recorded.
Warren is the most underrated Guitar player of the 80’s!
DeMartini provided the best concert experience in my life. Saw them at the old Alladin in Vegas with Lita Ford opening. This kid was so tweaked out. It was beyond insane. He went off!!! I will never forgot it. Thankyou Warren.
Cool. Which year was that?
So thankful to have come up in the late 70's and through the 80's. Best era of music EVER!!!!!!!
Robbin Crosby also played lead guitar. You state that Warrens lead guitar for was amazing on Dancing Undercover, and it is, but the solo on "Drive Me Crazy" was played by Robbin.
Yeah, I definitely got that wrong. Should've confirmed it before assuming it was Warren!
Both were clearly excellent guitarists. Anyone who is at an intermediate level and has tried to play "Round and Round" on Rocksmith knows this quite well.
Warren was more flashy and “modern” with his playing back then. Robbin was bluesier. They were both great within the styles they played.
Although, Warren was the more technical player. Robin was no slouch he had some tasty blues phrasing. They both complemented each other and were a huge part of the Ratt sound!
I KNOW YOU REALLY WANT TO LAY IT DOWN!
RIGHT NOW!
And how!
First time I heard Ratt as a teenager around 18yrs, over 20 something years ago the music blew me away and it still does, it really cemented my love for heavy metal which I'm still very passionate about, those riffy guitar melodies and kick ass vocals, and with songs you could sing along to. Even though I've gotten into much heavier bands since then I still listen to Ratt, their music is timeless.
Hello again, my dude... been a while since we talked hasn’t it?
@@dragonqueen6589 Yes been quite a while now.
Dude your channel is such an undiscovered gem. I'd love to see a Dokken episode.
I grew up with RATT , there were always one of my favorite bands of the 80's.
Invasion of Your Privacy is one of the best albums of the mid 80's!!
I spent the latter half of the 80’s listening to Ratt when all my peers had converted to hipperty hopperty rubbish.
Good vid.
Now that we’ve had some Ratt n Roll, how about next we have some Rockin’ with Dokken! The most underrated band of the 80’s.
Ah yes;Live to rock - rock to live, it’s all you’ve got, when you’re down on the skin, yeah...
Oh yeah dokken is another level of dock so different yet the same!!!!
Well skip shadowlife whatever tf that was, but George Lynch learned nothin’ (for he went and reformed Lynch Mob with a bunch of nobodys then released that god awful Nu-metal style album which I’m surprised didn’t kill the band, but then Oni yo-yo’d for years before leaving for good a couple of years ago....
@@dragonqueen6589 well said, on all counts.
HolyDiver73 Dokken is underrated?? Icon, Keel or Helix were/are Underrated. Dokken have always been. One of the most often
remembered & played bands of all the 80s hard Rock/Metal years.
I met them at a hotel in Poughkeepsie, NY back in 1984. They were so thrilled that I knew who they were.
Love the sarcastic, yet truthfully hilarious narration. 80s Metal 4ever!
My mom told me she had NEVER heard of Ratt. I was so SHOCKED. They are legendary
Either she didn't like or wasn't a fan of rock/metal music OR "Ratt were BEFORE her time."
Awesome band who had a huge impact on me as a teenager , I still listen to them to this day.
Saw them many times in their hey day .....brings back many great and fun memories with me and my friends growing up in Austin , TX. Thanks again for another great video ....you do such a great job from the editing to the voice work ...thank you for taking time to do these ...I look forward to your next project .
woah, woah, woah... Lay It Down is EASILY as good as Round and Round... and the opening guitar riff better
Your in love is my favorite
Never really cared for round and round. always thought it was overplayed. Lack of Communication or Scene of the Crime are better. at least to me
@@gregsretromusicchannel7000 scene of the crime is probably the best song they did, damn it rocks !
Lay It Down is probably my favorite RATT song, which isnt an easy choice to make,.
Wanted man is better than both
I love the commentary on the music videos. Well done!
Saw them open for Billy Squier in 1984 and I was hooked for life.
Great idea man! Thank you for all this footage you put together! Talk about a iconic time in music history!
Ratt, Motley Crue, and of course Twisted Sister were my 3 favorites in elementary school. Still love them!
TWISTED SISTER!!!
The commentary on the music videos is absolutely the best part. I loved Tawny in Back For More! 💃 🎸 🔥
For some reason no one ever acknowledges it, but their debut EP was definitely Heavy Metal, and though a bit mellower Out of the Cellar was Harder Rock than anything else Ratt would release in the future
🤘🏻
Love the channel! Can't wait to see more.
Ratt and Roll forever!! One of the best bands that came out of the 80's
Please more bands!!!. Your channel kicks ass truly
I met Stephen Pearcy when he was staying at a Holiday Inn about 12 years ago. I was working the night shift. Before I realized who he was, he came down to the Gift Shop in the middle of the night and bought ALL of our Red Vines, like, 4 cases of it and a burrito. Then he asked me to heat up the burrito so we went to the break room and chatted about guitars. That's when I figured it out. I've met some celebrities working in hotels but this is my favorite encounter.
Btw, Pearcy is about 5'5" an inch shorter than me.
Red Vines, how funny 😄 None of that Twizzler crap!
Thank you very much for share..I am still totally Fan .....Ratt &:Roll ..will be always part of my life..still Listing today 2022....keep Ratt & Roll...greetings from Germany 🤟
I saw Ratt and Judas Priest in Charlotte in 1986 and was able to meet Bobby Blotzer after the show. He was very cool and signed autographs for me and my buddy. Great times.
Absolutely True Pioneers into the 80's Metal Revolution
Excellent. Love every minute of this video.
Thank you for this!! Im 16 i love this era of hard rock
Juan should have written a book about his time in RATT!!! WOULD HAVE SOLD MILLIONS
Ratt was far better and heavier than most other "HairMetal" bands of the 80's. In fact except for the band being a metal band in the 80's, I wouldn't really call Ratt a "Glam" or "Hair" metal band. Just HeavyMetal.
🤟🤟🤟huge fan use to jam with their cassette tapes in my 1986 Chevy cavalier RS 👌 those were the good ole days
Awesome video. RATT was bigger in the 80’s than ppl will ever realize and Warren D is one of the all time best guitarists
my favorite from the 80's ; ) thank's
Great doc. Excellent band. RIP RC.
Warren kicking through ceiling in video to Round and round is f****n awesome, but when it comes to solos of Warren then one from Lay It Down is my all-time favourite
I was very fortunate to see steven pearcy at rocklahoma september 2021. He came out with news a month prior about his cancer diagnosis. He still came out n performed like nothing was wrong. All ratt tunes n still perfect. Never will forget. Even had all their albums on cassettes. Now looking for vinyls
Anyone else notice the MC guy at 13:50 was the crazy, driving fast dude on, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World?"
Steven is one fine individual.
Round and round was heard in every cool crowds car , hangout , party , cruise , wherever that was a great time so many bands out at once with mega hits ...
I saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt in 1985. I was so stoked to see Ratt. I loved them. Then Bon Jovi came out (pre-Slippery When Wet) and absolutely blew the doors off the place. Jon Bon Jovi walked up on top of a mountain of Marshalls, biker hat, mirrored sunglasses, American flag for a cape, wind blowing his hair back and you just knew "this band is going to be big".
Then Ratt came out and it's almost like Piercy took downers. He barely moved at all. I would have been disappointed if they had been the only band. But after seeing Bon Jovi...yeah. I wasn't happy.
Big RATT fan from the 80’s! DeMartini is one of the most underrated rock n roll guitar players of all time. He’s currently in my top 5 that I have seen live: #1 Eddie Van Halen, # 2 Billy Gibbons, # 3 Jake E. Lee, #3B Matthias Jabs (Scorpions), #4 DeMartini.
Disclaimer I never got a chance to see Randy Rhoades live. He passed away 3 months before the the concert I had already bought my ticket to see the Diary Of Of A Madman tour. So sad on so many levels.
God Bless EVH & RR
Wow, jealous of your concert list! And yeah, I always wonder what Randy would have gone on to do. My friend is convinced he would have gone back to mostly teaching. But who knows. Really a shame regardless. He and Buddy Holly are my two big musical “what ifs”.
Ratt is amazing 🤩
Yes, great band. I love their music
Comedian/Actor Dick Shawn from the movie "It's A Mad Mad Mad World" is the nightclub host at the beginning of the "Dance" video.
I always wanted to know who he was !!!!
Luv the early stuff!!! (1st EP & LP!!) I saw them at Magic Mountain in May 1983 with GREAT WHITE!!!!
They had a sound all of thier own, dual badass guitars, bass drums and different unique vocals , love those cd and just bought em all again but remastered with thump and umph .. Ratt n Roll
I highly recommend Reach For the Sky, it's awesome. It was really popular back in '88. I've been a fan since the beginning. Detonator is mixed really well, another recommendation 👍.
Man Ratt was pretty badass in the early days. I love these videos man, keep em coming. I suggest you do videos on Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol in the future, those would be fun.
Hell yeah, Manilla Road especially! Possibly the most underrated American metal band ever.
I stopped buying records after Invasion but never stopped loving Ratt....Especially Warren....They were the poster boys for 80s hair metal....
Love these vids bro! You gotta make more vids like about, whitesnake, motley crue, def leppard, poison, Dokken etc. Keep it up! Keep Rockin !
I love your narrating the video story lines. 🤣
My fave '80s metal band
ROBIN! The ❤️ of the RATT
Pearcy also formed a band called Arcade, which in my opinion, had an awesome album!
I think they had at least 3 (well, I have 3 of them). But yeah, the first one was real good
@@Rubberbandman0529wow thanks for the info! I had no clue. I'll have to hunt down those other 2 and give them a listen.
Invasion of your Privacy is the best predominantly Glam metal album 🤘🏻
130k + views, well done Metal School!
Thanks! It’s only behind the Loudness video, now at 191k :) That was definitely a good suggestion. Should have another one coming hopefully by the end of the weekend
@@MetalSchoolChannel Btw, Juan is 62 today. I’ve always thought he and Robbin were super-close because of how close their birthdays were… Robbin’s was The 4th of this month and now roughly three weeks later it’s now Juan’s.
@@MetalSchoolChannel How’s the new vid comin’ you doin’ okay man? This vid’s gonna be great… I’m guessing either King Diamond or Tigertailz but knowing you it’ll be awesome, no matter who it is 😉
@@dragonqueen6589 haha it’s uploading now! Took a little longer than I thought. Longest video so far 😳
@@MetalSchoolChannel Are you hinting that it’s the Swedish shredlord, by any chance🤔
No matter how much we all may want it... this new album ain’t happening: King’s gone, Torch is no longer involved, Stephen’s voice is shot... and Juan & Bobby are still suing the ass out of each other.
That was a great documentary!
As a 90s kid I wounder how we Swedes thought. Ratt didt got that big here and finding vinyl records is so d*mn hard. Have been trying to learn my dad to understand how massive Ratt was, he still dont belive me 🤣
I'm the biggest Ratt fan ever \m/
No one can steal this title from me....... Anyways love 😘😘😘😘😘😘💞💞💞💞💞💞 you my dear
I mostly dig thrash/heavy metal and I lean towards the more extreme sub-genres, but I gotta say - hair metal is my guilty pleasure. So many bands were so much more than power ballads and radio friendly hits, and were put in the glam box simply because of their looks. Whenever a song by Ratt, Dokken or Quiet Riot comes up - I never switch... a radio station in GTA :p
Haha, Vice City had the best tunes 🤘🏻
@@MetalSchoolChannel people tell me I'm crazy, but Vice City Stories had even better ones! That's where I discovered Krokus (I thought "Long Stick Goes Boom" is some lost AC/DC song I never knew, lol), Queensrÿche, Autograph, Ratt, and, outside metal stuff - "Blue Monday" by New Order. Seriously, if you've never played/heard this one, then definitely check it out someday. V-Rock dialogue between young intern Lazlow and Cousin Ed are comedy gold, too!
Doooooood Robin was so clearly as important as anyone in the band. After Robin “fell ill” The albums never sounded the same. Filler tracks?!?! They really are one of the few bands from that era that didn’t put out any crap, until 99, when Stephen’s voice went south. Later they sorta got their game back!
Like many of the bands I know and love. I discovered Ratt through Beavis and Butthead with the song I Want A Woman. I'll never forgot Butthead's hilarious line... "I Want a woman too but I'm not up there singing some crappy song about it" lol. I love that song. Other bands I was introduced to through Beavis and Butthead (and the songs) were. Ozzy Osbourne, Shot In The Dark. Metallica, One. Pantera, Mouth Of War. Ministry, Just One Fix. Ethyl Meatplow, Devil's Johnson. White Zombie, Thunderkiss 65. Grim Reaper, Rock You To Hell. The Beloved, Sweet Harmony (not metal in the slightest but I liked it). Alice Cooper, Lost In America and so on
I think my favorite is the Accept “Balls to the Wall” video. Beavis doing Udo still kills me.
Crowbar, All I Had I Gave and Korn, Blind had me rolling too lol
Milton Berle is not just some entitled comedian from 30 years ago. He was well known for being a prick to work with but he was a legend.
I saw the Invasion of Your Privacy tour. Lots of attractive women in the crowd wearing teddy lingerie. Good times.
just started buying physical music again and what was near the top of my list? Invasion of Your Privacy its just a great album and it sounds even better to me now. solid songwriting and very underrated at the time but they stood the test of time 😉
I can't believe you didn't mention John Corabi is the singer who replaced Vince Neil in Motley Crue! 😮😂 But yeah, I saw that tour in Wallingford, CT. in 2007 when they opened for Poison (don't get me started). Anyway, it was killer. But it was strange to hear Stephen getting tired during some songs when John Effing Corabi is standing on the same stage just singing backup. Anyway...Warren broke a string during the solo for Round And Round. John Finished it! It was great! The band sounded fantastic, despite Stephen struggling a little. At the NAMM show a few months later, January '08, I met Warren DeMartini and told him I was at that show. He laughed because he said he remembered it because that show was the first time that happened. He remarked how well John played the solo and his friend agreed. Then he told Warren the video was online and a lot of people were sharing it. Warren was actually very surprised. TH-cam was VERY new then. 😳
That sounds like an awesome show! I have to admit, Im not that familiar with Corabi's vocals. I'll have to check out his stuff with Motley!
Love Ratt. Out of the Cellar and Invasion of you're privacy. Excellent.
The EP is their best recording. Raw like Motley Too Fast For Love. I can't even buy the cd it's out of print and the asking price online starts at $100 last I checked. Spotify has all Ratt recordings even some Mickey Ratt but no EP. The thing I like most about Ratt is I like 99% of their songs and they have 5 albums during the hair metal era. Other favs like Poison only have 3, Skid Row 2, Cinderella 3, yada yada. 5 plus the EP plus their gold Ratt 81-91 makes for a great collection. Add the modern era's Infestation which could have been released after Detonator and fit in perfectly. Ratt n Roll 4ever!
the term "hair bands" were coined for all the knockoff copycats that came out of the woodwork trying to grab some success off the coat tails of bands like Motley, Ratt, Dokken and others.
@@daviclar867 which is kind of weird because Nikki Sixx basically jacked New York Dolls style
"Drive me crazy" was actually a Robbin solo (After mentioning Warren's incredible
guitar skills, and he IS incredible, they segue into the Drive me Crazy lead break).
What a great video . If you don't love RATT we can't be friends.
True....
Ah......memories. Reminds me of high school
I thought you already did this band. Must've mixed up with some other channel. Love this channel tho' and a big fan of the band Ratt. Ratt and Dokken are my favorite Glam Metal Bands! I remember first seeing "Round n' Round" song on a VHS tape I borrowed that had all the metal videos on it. The year was 1993 - Annihilator was my favorite metal band and I was mostly into Thrash, Speed and Heavy Metal but also like some Glam to spice things up. I instantly fell in love with the guitar solo and since I've rewinded back the solo so many times the song grew on me! Then I remember also catching the song Lay it Down on Headbanger's ball and then I kinda became a fan. Taped all of their albums although I don't think I've ever owned a single original Ratt album. Also never seen them live but they were great! I wish I could've seen them play live in the 80s - that would've been something! My favorite song today is Dance! :D
Thanks for watching! I plan to tackle Annihilator one of these days. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
@@MetalSchoolChannel ow that'd be awesome. Their first album was so old school! :D Did you do one on Dokken yet? :D Your channel is really awesome also I really love the way you comment on 80s videos :3
@@ArcadeMusicTribute No Dokken yet! Probably someday tho. Love their early stuff.
@@MetalSchoolChannel HaHa, I can already tell that no Dokken fan in existence likes Shadowlife, you included, right?
@@MetalSchoolChannel once again make it a double feature, them and Anvil because your chann’s keeping it alive for everyone in the comments...
Yeah when I listen to 80’s metal in my ride, so does everyone else around me! Make those speaker 🔊 bleed!
My band Smoke played many gigs with them. They were crazy. 🤘🃏🎸🥃🍺🤤🇺🇲
It's always been "Detonator' for me...even though I'm old, they had really come into some great tone and song writing at that point.
My first time i am heard about RATT, it was in the Movie "The Golden Child" "Body Talk" and Since i am a fan of it. Thank you for that Video.
The metal chick with massive bangs at 06:19 also got recruited by Michael Jackson to be featured on Dirty Diana video as a leggy pinup.
I love …. Everything about RATT
My first concert
Very Cool!!!
Could you please do a piece on Alex Mesi, Malice, EZO, Razormaids, Atomik Cocktail CJSS, Savatage Rough Cutt, Madison and Armed Forces just a few over looked and forgotten 80’s Metal Band.
Yes to Alex Masi, Malice, CJSS and Rough Cutt.
The most criminally underrated glam metal band of all time
As you mention at 19:20 about the Point Break reference, you totally forgot how "Body Talk" i believe was in the soundtrack of "The Golden Child" with Eddie Murphy.
“Wanted man” was in Weird Science & both “Round & Round” & “Im Insane” were in The Wrestler
@@kurth4255 well i did forget about "The Wrestler" since i seen it once.
As for Wierd Science, i dont remember it ince i guess it dodnt really make an impact, and i seen it so many times.
Either way, we gave him his homework to do now, especially if he wants to place songs in movies.
Yo, you guys listened to Juan’s solo record “Liquid Sunday” it’s solid.
Ratt's awesome! you can't deny it. they was around before GNR for Christ sakes.. a lot of bands!!!
I forgot about M.S.G. - talent certainly runs in the Schenker clan (ie we all know who Michael’s older brother is and the band he’s in; Michael himself was with them in the very early years - then I think he was in UFO at the same time) and then well he joined forces With Robin McAuley (whose a really talented vocalist, he’s in Black Swan now with Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson (crap there’s the link to another reply to a different comment) and Matt Starr) you should totally check em out on Spotify when/if you get a chance 🎸🤘👍
Tawny got around. I saw her in bachelor party the other day lol. I had no idea she was in that
HOLY SMOKES... the live mix at 2:45 is freakin incredible!!!!
When you see Tawny Kitean in the Ratt and Whitesnake videos you can't help wondering what happened to her since she went through all the botex treatments over the years. Looked terrible when she died. Such a beautiful woman in her younger days
I love warren ❤️
Torch is such a legend 😉